Serene 85 year old looking to exchange insightful ideas and remembrances.

Friday, July 14, 2017

GRACIOUS IN VICTORY ...

Here
we see two former U.S. Presidents… Clinton and Bush. They were at
the George W. Bush Presidential Library in Dallas, Texas last week
entertaining the audience with remembrances of their times in office.

What
really caught my attention was when they both agreed that they were
able to forge bonds of respect and friendship with each other because
of the way they handled their victories … not criticizing those who
held office before them or personally denigrating them.

Bush
said that while in office there were times he sought Clinton's advice
and Clinton replied that, upon turning the presidency over to Bush he
had told him he would offer help and treat him with respect.

Clinton
said “If you want to be president realize it's about the people,
not about you”. “The decisions you make have a monumental effect
on people,” said Bush, adding “Humility is the key quality for
any president”.

I
seem to remember President Obama offering suggestions and help to our
current President as he took the reins. It's sad to realize that the
concept of
“GRACIOUS
IN VICTORY” is a foreign concept to Trump and totally beyond his
scope of understanding.

7 Comments:

While I try not to avoid commenting on current politics, your point is very well taken, Ginnie. I would hardly call our current chief executive a gracious person. Humility and modesty are not in his vocabulary it seems most days. However, many other words come swiftly to my mind as being there.

Clinton said “If you want to be president realize it's about the people, not about you”. “The decisions you make have a monumental effect on people,” said Bush, adding “Humility is the key quality for any president”.

And there it is - something completely lost on the current Not-My-President.